schlüpfen
[ˈʃlʏp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“schlüpfen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,400
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich schnell (durch eine enge Öffnung gleitend) an einen bestimmten Ort begeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlupfen · schlüpfen · German
schlüpfen · rank #17,400 · 15 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,400
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Scherben
Nearest frequency peer: Scherben (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „schlüpfen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sandwich
Sandwich
82,604 corpus weight
- Schaft
Schaft
82,603 corpus weight
- Scherben
Scherben
82,602 corpus weight
- schlüpfen
schlüpfen
82,601 corpus weight
- Schmiede
Schmiede
82,600 corpus weight
- Schott
Schott
82,599 corpus weight
What this shows „schlüpfen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schlüpfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃlʏp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schlüpfen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around schlüpfen (IPA [ˈʃlʏp͡fn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,400 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for schlüpfen, with forms such as "cshlüpfen", "scchlüpfen", and "schhlüpfen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Schuppen", "schöpfen", "schlüpft", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schlüpfen, spelled S-C-H-L-Ü-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich schnell (durch eine enge Öffnung gleitend) an einen bestimmten Ort begeben
- 2ein Kleidungsstück anziehen, ein Kleidungsstück ablegen
- 3aus dem Ei, der Puppe kriechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlüpfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er schlüpfte unter die Decke.
Ich bin rasch ins Haus geschlüpft.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlüpfen
- scchlüpfen
- schhlüpfen
- schllüpfen
- schlpüfen
- schlüfpen
- schlüpefn
- schlüpfenn
- schlüpffen
- schlüpfne
- schlüppfen
- schülpfen
- sclhüpfen
- shclüpfen
- sschlüpfen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schlüpfen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schlüpfen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).